San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-21
o'Brien's Escape from the Mob.

KINGSTON, Ont, May Alt was two
hours after the savage attack on Mr..
o Brien last evening by the mob before
his friends knew the whereabouts OF the
distinguished editor. Battered and
ruised he escaped into the hour" Of Pc
ter Devlin, on the corner OF Wellington
and William streets. DeviiH stole down TO
the chief OF police, Dorsey, and said,
"O'Brien is safe with me" hank
God" exclaimed the crowd. Chief Dor
sey, with Mayor Carson aud six police
men then went TO Devlin's house and
brought back O'Brien TO Burnett house
The latter reached DeyliD's house this
way. An alley way near Newman's
afforded shelter just as Morris Hogan
changed hats with O'Brien. just rs a
stone struck O'Brien on the back If the
neck, and just rs big powerful
orangeman with club was
going to cleave open bis skull, the house
Of an orangeman named DOnneIl, adjOin-
ing the alley on the other side opened
and O'Brien got in there. He WAS final
" struggled backwards to Devlin's
house, while the orange mob outside
were yelling for his blood. 81 will pro-
tect you now to the hotel" said Mayor
Carson, 81 will call out tile artillery"
"You will" exclaimed O'Brien, sarcas-
tically. IL don't want your protection,
sir; you say there was mob OF demons
5C9 strong outside that hall thirsting for
my blood while | was addressing q
peaceable meeting and you didn't dis
perse them. Where WAS your artillery
then, sir? Landsdowne and Rowland
winked at the efforts to murder me In
Toronto, and now Landsdowne and you
wink at the efforts TO murder me here.
sm not going to give you the credit OF
the pretense OF having protected my life
when you could have dispersed
the mob If you wished, but didn't" The
mayor said no more. The policeman
acted just the came as those at Toronto.
In the early part Of the evening they
would not permit any O'Brienite TO
wait on the sidewalk outside the hall
and even said "move on" 10 all Ameri-
can correspondents, but the moment an
oraDgeman appeared on the opposite
side OF the street, many with clubs and
sticks In their hands, there was no inter-
ference by the police. They were al
lowed to hiss and groan until
O'Brien came out. When the latter did
come out, the policemen, instead of
making circle around him, abandoned
him to the tender mereies Of yelling
Orangemen. who dashed upon him. The
policemen were the first to scatter when
the e-tbrowing commenced The
mob remained outside the hail for two
hours waiting to kill O'Brlen, and an
O'Brieni,e named Rowland had his
cheek laid open with stones. Sergeant
Nesbitt had his head cut. The national
lists were unorganized and not
prepared for an attack, being de-
ceived by the extraordinary GOODNESS
and treacbery OF the orangemen.
At the Burnett house the crowd collect,
ed around O'brien oongratulating him
on his escape. He WAS scarcely able TO
stand. His throat was full OF dust and
his clothes bespattered. He said, "Boys,
we will go through TO The end yet"
One Incident will show how the police
acted. When 0'Brien staggered into the
alley way, after being struck on the
neck with a stone, policeman in
the middle of the street said 10
rlOter: al saw you do that,
saw you" but he never attempted to
arrest him and he WAS allowed to join
his friends, who shouted in triumph
Here's gO-well done this time y
0'Brien and party start this morning
for Hamilton, where meeting will be
held on Monday. He will spend Sun
day At Niagara Falls.